China’s Communist Party chief Xi Jinping doesn’t have to worry about opposition leaders at home criticizing his record. But not far away, a U.S. diplomat has seized that role for himself with barbed and sometimes sarcastic criticism. Rahm Emanuel, Washington’s ambassador in Tokyo, is stepping up personal attacks on Xi, depicting the Chinese leader as an incompetent steward of the economy, a foreign-policy failure and a bumbling would-be Machiavellian whose government is a mess.
Ted joined Shaun Thompson to talk about about the Chicago Teachers Union’s absurd new contract demands, why so many Chicago teachers are chronically absent, and Brandon Johnson’s failed first year as mayor.
What a representation of Chicago’s plight.
The bill passed despite their votes in response to certain incidents where local prosecutors are thought to have been too lenient with non-citizens assaulting cops.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board cited Wirepoints’ analysis of Chicago student proficiency data in their latest piece condemning the Chicago Teachers Union’s outrageous contract demands…all while a vast majority of Chicago’s children graduate unable to read at grade level.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
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Tiny Dancer is a WEF slug.
We have the Larry Sinclair story last week about Obama, then we get a photo of Tiny Dancer Emanuel, his close friend, this week.
‘…stepping up personal attacks on Xi’ Why? Pritzker and Biden just signed on to give +$6B in taxpayer monies plus the facility cost (which I call a bribe) to put a battery plant in IL owned by the CCP, which Xi fully controls. Rahm seems way out of step.
Why doesn’t Rahm go tell it to his face?
I sense a run for higher office!
Takes one to know one.
Rahm’s ego is too big for his little body. China has been around for thousands of years and thinks long term. Rahm will have his comeuppance from China, sooner or later.
I suspect it won’t hurt Xi’s feelings. I’m sure the CCCP intelligence service has told Xi that Rahm is one of the biggest jerks in the Western world so he won’t feel too insulted.
Bravo, Rahm!
Yes, but why…?
Has his ‘envelope’ from the CCP been a little light…?
Sorry, I can’t help being cynical when it comes to this administration & it’s players…